{"product_id":"winter-by-ali-smith-9780241973332","title":"Winter","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDark yet life-affirming, endlessly inventive and heart-breakingly human - the next novel in the \u003cem\u003eSeasonal\u003c\/em\u003e cycle, following the Man Booker-shortlisted \u003cem\u003eAutumn\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinter\u003c\/em\u003e? Bleak. Earth as iron, water as stone, so the old song goes. But winter makes things visible. And Christmas is a time for family reunions, unexpected guests and evergreen truths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt's December in Cornwall and Art's mother is seeing things. Art has problems too. His girlfriend has left so he's paying Lux, a young immigrant he found on the street, to impersonate her - but Lux has no intention of sticking to the script. And Iris, Art's prodigal aunt, septuagenarian CND-er and black sheep of the family, is about to arrive with a car full of food and a throat full of protest songs. Four people, strangers and family, in a fifteen-bedroom house for Christmas - will there be enough room for everyone?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinter\u003c\/em\u003e casts a merry eye over a bleak post-truth era with a story rooted in history, art, love and memory, protest and survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46496668319980,"sku":"9780241973332","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3446863482274.jpg?v=1748503264","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/winter-by-ali-smith-9780241973332","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}